Sana Collection Limited Edition Blu-ray

4 star atmospheric and effective horror.

The Sana Collection consists of the two latest films Sana (2023) and Sana: Let Me Hear (2024) from the master of Japanese horror, Takashi Shimizu (Ju-On: The Grudge).

It is available to own in the UK on Blu-ray from 2nd February 2026, courtesy of Arrow Video and is presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

“Please listen to my song. I’d love you to play it, if you can.”

Sana stars members of the J-Pop group Generations From Exile Tribe, as fictionalised versions of themselves. The story starts at a radio station, where the band are preparing for a tour, rehearsing and recording radio shows. A strange call to the show asks whether a cassette has been received yet and in the meantime, assistant director Asuka finds a package containing a cassette while clearing out a room and shows it to band member Hayato Komori. It is dated 1993, sent in by someone named Sana 30 years before and doesn’t appear to have ever been opened.

Shortly after, he disappears and with only days to go before the show, manager Rin Kakuta (Akari Hayami – A Girl Named Ann, Shin Ultraman) enlists the help of deadbeat Detective Gonda (Makita Sports – Tokyo Taxi, Rewrite). It soon becomes apparent that the source of the disappearance is the melody contained on the cassette tape, transmitted simply by hearing someone else hum it. But can they work out why and break the curse before the big live gig?

“I don’t really understand, but she was, like, humming this strange melody. I can’t get it out of my head, like it’s following me.”

Sana is an excellent film, well thought out, well written and surprisingly well acted, far less boy band ish than I thought it would be. It is extremely scary, with clever use of silence and too loud noises like scratching or clicking a pen, which build the tension brilliantly and also bring satisfaction when you realise that they were actually important to the story.

“My dream is to bring my song to everyone and draw everyone into my world.”

In Sana: Let Me Hear, school teacher Honoka (Nagisa Shibuya – Chosen Home (TV Series)) witnesses her boyfriend Yumi hit by a truck. Also present at the scene is schoolgirl Hitomi. Honoka starts a new job, teaching supplementary summer classes and discovers that Hitomi is one of her students. There also seems to be one too many pupils in her class and one of them is a girl named Sana.

When a student jumps from the roof of the school, it brings to mind a previous case from thirty years before, where a string of coincidences seem to point to only one conclusion, the curse has reared its ugly head once again.

Sana: Let Me Hear is an excellent sequel, revealing more about the back history and how truly fiendish the curse really is. Again it has great sound engineering and is filled with tension, as well as being considerably more gory that the first film. All in all, this is a great collection with properly scary horror, some interesting special features and absolutely worth adding to your horror shelf.

“I don’t think it’s a big deal if he disappears for a few days. After all, he’s only twenty years old. He must have a lot going on.”

Sana Collection Limited Edition Blu-ray in available to own now.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations
• Original Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and stereo audio for both films
• Optional English subtitles for both films
• An interview with director Takashi Shimizu and assistant director and horror consultant Nao Kawamatsu
• J-Horror: Then and Now, a brand new retrospective on the J-Horror genre by critic and Japanese cinema expert Amber T.
• Making-of featurette for Sana
• Alternate ending and previously unreleased scenes for Sana
• Making-of featurette including previously unreleased scenes for Sana: Let Me Hear
• Original theatrical trailers and teasers for both films
• Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork for both films by Tom Fournier
• Collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the films by critic and Asian cinema expert Hayley Scanlon